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> the major corporate money backed candidate lost

Elon Musk spent $290 million to elect Trump. Are you saying that had no impact? How do you know this?





It's widely reported that the democrats spent over twice as much money as Trump. Both parties have their share of big donors, this isn't new, nor is it specific to Elon. It's been this way a long, long time.

Are those shares equal? It's true that both parties got votes in every state, but that doesn't tell use much.

Ok at this point I don't know what you're talking about anymore.

Zukerberg spent almost twice that much to get Biden elected.

https://www.congress.gov/committee-report/118th-congress/hou...


Both sides have their supporters. Everyone knows that. I'm not going to take your bait to prove a negative. In both 2016 and 2024 Trump raised less money than his opponent (massively less in 2016) and still won.

That was a different election.

Trump raised and spent less money in 2024. Full stop.

Right, he didn't have as many people giving $10 to $25 instead he had a few billionaires ploughing millions into superpacks.

I don’t like trump. I very much dislike trump.

I don’t see how your point disagrees with what I said.

Mostly though: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/more-billionaires-publicly-ba...

Headline: More billionaires are publicly backing Kamala Harris than Donald Trump




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